She decides that she will open a used bookshop with Amy’s many books. Books have always been Sara’s friends and her love of books and reading cause her to want to share her passion. After awhile Sara begins to feel beholden to them and wants to find some way to repay their generosity.īroken Wheel, Iowa, is small and less than prosperous and there are many empty buildings on Main Street. The people of Broken Wheel can’t seem to do enough for her and consider her to be their guest. When the quirky townsfolk insist she stay in Amy’s house, Sara begins an adventure worthy of one of the novels she loves so much. Not without a huge surprise for Sara though, as when she arrives she discovers that Amy has died following a lengthy illness. Amy invites her to Iowa to stay with her and so the story begins. When after years of sharing their books, their thoughts about books and their reflections on life, Sara, the young woman from Sweden is made redundant when the bookshop she works in closes down.
Bibliophiles both, they become acquainted through books and the love of reading is what makes their relationship work. This novel is about two women, one young and living in Sweden, one not so young and living in a tiny town in the middle of Iowa cornfields. Not that many years ago however it was the norm and many people had ‘pen-pals’, myself included. Today, in the age of social media and instant communication, letter writing has become antiquated and uncommon.
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